Scammed by Impostor for $150 BTC (Skype: live:reailstgold)

146918496 · Oct 4, 2017

Hello Sythe,

Took an L today and got scammed for $150 BTC by a realistgold impostor while I was trying to make a donation to Sythe.

In summary;
He told me that he'd only exchange if I exchanged some BTC to ETH with him.
I agreed, and sent him $150. ($100 for the donation, and $50 for the exchange)

It was only after I'd sent the money that I noticed he was acting sketchy and begging me for more money.
I sent him $20 more, before realizing that this was a Skype impostor.

His skype:

Our full transcript on Skype:
[2017-10-04, 6:37:01 AM] live:realistgold: hi [2017-10-04, 7:57:54 AM] FN: hell - Pastebin.com

BTC transactions:
Bitcoin Transaction fc683522480ea8826ee78acbc71ef212bf49c337d9999a9195707e20e3ca2430
Bitcoin Transaction 3c73788af940512a78314c1b9146d89aea9fdb13e227fc5e1c36ca5a793ea7e0

I was keeping his IP logged in the Skype debug on the obfuscated Skype client I was using,
I've started sifting it through my DB collection but don't have any high hopes of finding useful information on him.

Learned my lesson to confirm on-site before dealing with anyone on Skype.
Guess the takeaway is to steer clear of this impostor and stay safe,
Will be contacting the REAL realistgold now and will see if I can donate to him there.

Thanks for reading through this report,
Hopefully you're able to take something away from this.